NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 - Hardware & Software

it is here [url]http://www.nvidia.com/object/product-geforce-gt-420-oem-us.html[/url] blazes the competition

Looks like a 310, which is a rebranded 210. :colbert: [B]Edit:[/B] Oh hold on, this is actually very powerful compared to the 310 and 210. I might swap one of these in my HTPC

fuk

Wait, what? 2gb VRAM standard? But everything else is so... meh. I mean it's a nice mid-low end card, but it's just that. Why 2gb? Especially since it's DDR3.

the intention is to not limit the user who doesn't play videogames. videogames aren't the only things that use VRAM, you know. also, HTPC use, hence the native HDMI port rather than a mini-HDMI port as seen on the rest of the 400 series. which leads me to believe it will also use that VRAM, along with CUDA, to chew through 7.1 audio and 1080p video at the same time. basically it's an everything but videogame/3dshit card. [editline]9th November 2010[/editline] it's funny though, that, being a company, they still seem to be advertising it as though it has the same kind of overall raw power as even just a 450.

[QUOTE=M_B;25951507]the intention is to not limit the user who doesn't play videogames. videogames aren't the only things that use VRAM, you know. also, HTPC use, hence the native HDMI port rather than a mini-HDMI port as seen on the rest of the 400 series. which leads me to believe it will also use that VRAM, along with CUDA, to chew through 7.1 audio and 1080p video at the same time. basically it's an everything but videogame/3dshit card.[/QUOTE] That actually makes a surprising amount of sense. Well played, nVidia, well played indeed. Would I be correct in saying that it could also be used as a desperate patch between keeping something really old going to getting a whole new machine?

[QUOTE=MacTrekkie;25951532]Would I be correct in saying that it could also be used as a desperate patch between keeping something really old going to getting a whole new machine?[/QUOTE] no

oh fuck nobody gets the joke, its the funny number people! we're at the funny number

[QUOTE=reltih floda;25954907]oh fuck nobody gets the joke, its the funny number people! we're at the funny number[/QUOTE] i got the joke but i'm not 12 so i didn't find it funny

[QUOTE=reltih floda;25954907]oh fuck nobody gets the joke, its the funny number people! we're at the funny number[/QUOTE] funny numbur funny numbur we at the funny numbur

fuck it this forum is terrible

[QUOTE=reltih floda;25956761]i agree![/QUOTE] i hate to use a macro but really words don't do justice [img]http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l1mf47w3BI1qanxvoo1_250.jpg[/img]

Might suggest this to some people for there HTPC's

LOL I JUST CAUGHT THIS ITS THE GT 420 LOL /c [sp]seriously stupid[/sp]

[QUOTE=reltih floda;25956761]fuck it this forum is terrible[/QUOTE] because you had the due diligence to edit the post, here's what it was before [QUOTE=reltih floda;25956761][QUOTE=M_B;25956291]i got the joke but i'm not funny[/QUOTE] i agree![/quote]

[QUOTE=M_B;25951507]the intention is to not limit the user who doesn't play videogames. videogames aren't the only things that use VRAM, you know. also, HTPC use, hence the native HDMI port rather than a mini-HDMI port as seen on the rest of the 400 series. which leads me to believe it will also use that VRAM, along with CUDA, to chew through 7.1 audio and 1080p video at the same time. basically it's an everything but videogame/3dshit card. [editline]9th November 2010[/editline] it's funny though, that, being a company, they still seem to be advertising it as though it has the same kind of overall raw power as even just a 450.[/QUOTE] Since when does decoding video require 2GB of RAM? I see it only as a selling point to get idiots who think that more ram = faster card to buy it.

[QUOTE=pebkac;25974090]Since when does decoding video require 2GB of RAM? I see it only as a selling point to get idiots who think that more ram = faster card to buy it.[/QUOTE] Either that, or DDR3 is both slower than and cheaper than GDDR4, and they used more of it to compensate for the former and take advantage of the latter.

[QUOTE=pebkac;25974090]Since when does decoding video require 2GB of RAM? I see it only as a selling point to get idiots who think that more ram = faster card to buy it.[/QUOTE] you're not familiar with CUDA are you [editline]10th November 2010[/editline] [QUOTE=gman003-main;25974383]Either that, or DDR3 is both slower than and cheaper than GDDR4, and they used more of it to compensate for the former and take advantage of the latter.[/QUOTE] this too. GPUs and their memory are both faster than just about any CPU and system RAM. though in this case clearly the GPU isn't faster than the CPU, but the VRAM is faster than most RAM.

[QUOTE=reltih floda;25954907]oh fuck nobody gets the joke, its the funny number people! we're at the funny number[/QUOTE] Oh I get it. :|